Highway 1 through the Fraser canyon is also closed due to a rock slide. Only road to the coast open is Highway 3.

You can turn off onto Hwy 99 from Hwy 1 and get to Vancouver via Whistler.

I would just check the BC wildfire site, see whats open and closed. with the way everyting is right now the Coke could be reopened.

Highway 3 Manning Park also has a fire although no closure yet.

Was planning on a trip to Prince Rupert in early Sept. Should be ok but.....

Coq is open again.

heres the latest.

100 Mile House Area (Flat Lake Fire)

CLOSED: Dog Creek Road (from Meadow Lake Road to Gustafson-Dog Creek FSR)
Kamloops (Sparks Lake fires, Young Lake Fire)

CLOSED:
Deadman Vidette Road
Tunkwa Lake Road between Highway 1 and 2 km south of Tunkwa Lake Provincial Park
Ashcroft/Logan Lake area (Tremont Creek Fire)

CLOSED:
Highway 97C at Highland Valley eastbound at junction of Tunkwa Lake Rd
Highway 97C Mamit Lake northbound at Foley Rd
Highway 97D at Paska Lake Rd
Anglesey Ranch Road
Barclay Road
Bass St
Central Ave
Collins St
Evans Road
Newbold Road
Railroad Ave
Princeton (Garrison Lake Fire)

TRAVEL ADVISORY: Highway 3 OPEN between Manning Park Resort and Frontage Rd for 64.7 km (64 km east of Hope to Princeton). Limited visibility with smoke.
Merritt area (July Mountain fire/Brook Creek Fire have merged)

OPEN: Highway 5 (Coquihalla) between Hope and Merritt
CLOSED: Coldwater Road access from Highway 5 (Coquihalla) to Brookmere
Lillooet area (McKay Creek Fire)

TRAVEL ADVISORY: Road 40 (Lillooet-Pioneer Road) OPEN between Mission Mountain Rd and Moha Rd for 29.9 km and has limited visibility with smoke due to wildfire. Essential travel only. Road may close without notice to support wild fire operations.
Lytton area (Lytton Creek Fire)

CLOSED: Highway 8 at Clapperton and in Lower Nicola at Willgoose Road
Westwold, Kelowna / Westside (White Rock Lake Fire)

CLOSED:
Westside Rd (from Highway 97 to La Casa)
Douglas Lake Rd
OPEN:
Robbins Range Rd (between Campbell Range Rd and Hwy 97)
Chase-Falkland Rd
Barnhartvale Rd (from 1km west of Bobbins Range Rd to Hwy 97)
Okanagan Falls (Thomas Creek Fire)

CLOSED: Allendale Lake Road
Osoyoos, South Okanagan (Inkaneep/Nk’Mip Fire)

CLOSED: McKinney Road in Oliver Area (gravel section only)

Fall closure schedule for Kicking Horse Phase 4 has been finalized.

Highlights:

Another fatal crash occurred east of Revelstoke. Condolences to the victim’s family and friends.
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So many fatal collisions have happened there. Which parts are the worst spots on that stretch??

Blaeberry is just west of Golden, maybe 10 km or so.

That part is not bad at all.

The fall closure for Kicking Horse Phase 4 is in effect until Dec 1.

MoTI just put up a few pictures on their Flickr page. The first structures/girders are going in:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...71ec0d3e_b.jpg

Sheep Bridge Girder Installation by B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, on Flickr

^So exciting !!
:banana:

I’ve been wondering:
Why does Crowsnest Highway have 4 lanes in the middle of Manning Park? Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice, but the location seems random to me.
https://goo.gl/maps/wE14QQmVEC1pJcmt7
Above is the western limit of the 4 lanes, separate from those between Hope and west entrance to Manning Park.

I'm just speculating, but it could be that the terrain in that part of the park was easier to build in, as compared to the steeper terrain to the east and west. It also gives a nice long stretch for passing to help reduce lines that may have formed behind slower vehicles in the narrower hill sections.

I've often wondered that as well. I've taken that highway a hundred times to get between Castlegar and Vancouver.

SO what does everyone think abou the current state of LML and southern interior highways?

I think from best condition to worst we're looking at:

1. Highway3
2. Highway99
3. Highway 1
4. Highway 5/8

I don't see how highway 5 and 8 are open until 2022/2023

Yes, when a road is described as "Nicola River swallows Highway 8 west of Merritt" it may be a while before it is rebuilt!

Highway 8 (from TranBC via Castanet):

https://www.castanet.net/content/202...sf24._3082.jpg

It has been like that for a long time, since the early 80s, at least. That was before the Coquihalla was built and it handled more traffic. The stretches between the Tulameen and the Similkameen Rivers, Skagit Bluffs and west up to Rhodedendron Flats have difficult terrain. The last stretch to be improved was around Whipsaw Creek and before that from the Coquihalla to Hope Slide (1986). The four-laning from Sunshine Valley to the Manning Park entrance was done in the early 80s I believe. I can remember the highway twisting around boulders at the Hope Slide and graphiti on the rocks in the late 1970s.

The 4 lane stretches come in handy with other road closures occurring.

Highway 1 finally reopens today from Lytton to Spences bridge.

https://www.tranbc.ca/wp-content/upl...4wnbsmZmz69fPM